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State v. MeeksState v. Meeks

District Court of Appeal of Florida
Nov 21, 1989
88-2876
Reporters:
,
Before:
Nesbitt, Ferguson, Gersten (per curiam)

CONFESSION OF ERROR

PER CURIAM.

The State appeals the reduction of a trafficking in cocaine charge to possession of cocaine, based on the ‍​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‍State‘s failure to test enough of the individual cocaine rocks to prove an aggregate weight sufficient to establish the trafficking amount. The defendant, Rosetta Meeks, was convicted of possession of cocaine. ‍​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‍Based upon the defendant‘s confession of error and our own independent review of this case, we reverse and remand for vacating the conviction for possession of cocaine and for a ‍​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‍trial on the trafficking in cocaine charge. Bond v. State, 538 So.2d 499 (Fla.3d DCA 1989).

Reversed and remanded.

Case Details

Case Name: State v. Meeks
Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida
Date Published: Nov 21, 1989
Citations: 552 So. 2d 328; 1989 WL 141416; 88-2876
Docket Number: 88-2876
Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
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